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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



which organizations have done much towards promulgating- right 

 ideas and fostering a sentiment in favor of conservation. Later on 

 the Bureau of Forestry was made a department under the super- 

 vision of the Board of Control of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, and as soon as practicable was placed in charge of the State 

 Forester, technically trained on all subjects pertaining to scientific 

 forestry. A careful survey of the forest conditions of the State is 

 being conducted, the Forester having already finished the field work 

 in thirty counties, and presented the results in annual reports. 



Fig. 2. Production of lumber, veneer, cooperage stock, cross-ties, etc., in 



Ohio that are not included in this study but are referred to in the 



appendix of the report. 



Cooperative work is being carried on with owners of woodlots 

 throughout the State. In 1911, 50,000 acres of private forest land 

 were being managed by the State Forester under cooperative agree- 

 ment to improve or conserve the productive capacity. On a number 

 of reservations set aside by the Commonwealth for the use of public 

 institutions, small areas of woods or sections that are untillable 

 have been turned over to the care of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station for forestry purposes. Eight of these are already under 

 forest management, and upon six others the work has been started 

 or working plans formulated. Several municipalities of the State 

 have set aside areas for park purposes, and have turned them over 

 to the supervision of the Agricultural Experiment Station for forest 

 management. Cincinnati has acquired 600 acres for this purpose, 



